“The Greatest Motoring Game of Skill Ever Invented” An antique Car Racing Game dating from the early Twentieth century c.1910’s. The game plays on a large, two-fold game board and uses six Racing Car pieces and a dice. It is stated that “the cars move by an entirely new method, no dice or mechanical device being employed.” It therefore appears to be an...
Around the World in 80 Days is a game that simulates the Jules Verne book with the same name. This game was published by Ravensburger and is not to be confused with other "Around the World" games with Verne connection. Especially not the Alga edition Jorden runt på 80 dagar that was published in the same year(!). Players start out in London and race around...
The meticulous and punctual English gentleman Phileas Fogg wagers half of his fortune at the Reform Club in London, claiming he can circumnavigate the world in exactly eighty days. Alongside his loyal valet, Passepartout, Fogg embarks on a journey filled with challenges and wonders. Join this adventure around the world, traveling by ship, balloon, and...
Game description from the publisher: Get ready for some heart-pounding, adrenaline-throbbing action! Join the best and toughest car racers in the Island of Aruba for a day of no-holds-barred car racing! Prove your mettle and emerge as one of the world's most elite and toughest racers. This vicious and unforgiving car race has but one rule: Win...by any...
This early game from John Jacques featured a very unique method of determining the winner of the race. The game itself was a large wooden box. It had up to 8 horses attached to the box with wires. A hand crank on the side of the box attached to the horses by a variety of gears was turned resulting in a different horse winning the race. Players bet on which...
Ascot is a horse race betting game for 2 to 18 players. The game consists of the game board (six racing lines – one for each horse, numbered columns, representing forwards or backwards movements), 6 horses in 6 different colors, 108 betting slips (each 18 in the colors of the horses), and 72 movement cards in a neutral color. For each horse, there are 12...
This is a complex horseracing game that includes the purchase, sale and training of individual horses, choosing the best horses and jockeys for each race, establishing betting odds for each horse and trying to win money both by having a horse finish well and by winning bets. Players each start with GBP250,000 and one horse, all with the same form rating....
Taken from the publisher's website: In Ascowt the action is set in the exciting world of racing... cows! The aim of the game is to cross the finish line first with your cattle, thus earning the most points possible: but will this be enough in order to win the game? Before the race starts, players lay secret bets on the final standings of the race:...